Analysis of special corporate finance topics including dividend policy, capital structure, leasing, option valuation, risk management, mergers, and acquisitions.

Introduction to the process of investing in financial securities; overview of the investment decision-making process; analysis of securities markets and trading practices; asset pricing under the capital asset pricing and the arbitrage pricing models; principles of modern portfolio theory; performance measurement techniques; asset allocation strategies; introduction to fixed income and derivative securites, risk management strategies.

Topics will be announced when offered.

Structure of financial markets and financial intermediaries; interest rates and security valuation; central banking system and monetary policy; securities markets including money, capital, foreign exchange, and derivatives markets; commercial banking and other depository institutions; institutional investors, including investment banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, and pension funds; introduction to financial risk management.

Introduction to the time value of money and discounted cash flow analysis; coverage of financial decisions to maximize the value of the firm’s equity: valuation of assets, liabilities, and common equity; capital budgeting decisions; opportunity cost of capital; risk and return.

The valuation framework developed in MFIN 501, applied to a series of major corporate financial and asset management decisions: Issuance of corporate securities, corporate financing decisions, dividend policy, capital structure, and corporate risk management.

Topics will be announced when offered.

SELECTED TOPICS IN FINANCE

Widely accepted ?Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct? developed by the CFA Institute. Case studies including well-known finance scandals that markets have been witnessing for decades. Ethical responsibilities of investment professionals and application of ethical codes and standards.

Review how disruptive Technologies are shaping the future of financial institutions and markets, analyze the foundations of the blockchain technology, evaluate the role of cryptocurrencies and ICOs in the monetary system, examine smart contract s and their application in the industry, assess the opportunities AI and machine learning offering in the Wealthtech, brief overview of big data analysis.

An intensive analysis of the effects of various corporate financial policy decisions on the value of the firm; effects of taxes, bankruptcy costs and agency costs on corporate financial decisions; the interrelation of financing policy with executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, leasing, hedging and payout policies.

Managing and trading risk both for real sector corporates and financial institutions. Dynamics of derivatives securities and how they respond to changing market variables. Use of derivatives for financing purposes. Futures, forwards, options, swaps and other complex structured products (warrants & certificates)

Topics will be announced when offered.

The valuation framework developed in MFIN 901, applied to a series of major corporate financial and asset management decisions: Issuance of corporate securities, corporate financing decisions, dividend policy, capital structure, and corporate risk management.

Firm behavior in imperfectly competitive markets. How firms acquire and maintain market power. Welfare consequences of market power. Strategic interactions among firms, and the role of government competition policy. Basic theoretical models of industrial economics: Bertrand and Cournot competition, collusion, advertising, innovation, and international trade.

Analysis of strategic interactions that commonly arise in economic, business, political, and judicial arenas. A systematic introduction to game theory and some of its applications, such as market competition, technological races, auctions, party competition for votes, and bargaining.

Examination and evaluation of the developments in Turkish economy using the basic economic concepts and tools. Investigation of the post-1980 Turkish economy with emphasis on current policy issues and future prospects.

Technological challenges of conducting business on the World Wide Web; innovative business models in electronic commerce; digital platforms of Business to Customer and Business to Business trade; guidelines for website usability; Internet marketing and advertising; search engine optimization and search engine marketing for profitability; web statistics and analytics; security issues on the Internet.

Technological challenges of conducting business on the World Wide Web; innovative business models in electronic commerce; digital platforms of Business to Customer and Business to Business trade; guidelines for website usability; Internet marketing and advertising; search engine optimization and search engine marketing for profitability; web statistics and analytics; security issues on the Internet.

Technological challenges of conducting business on the World Wide Web; innovative business models in electronic commerce; digital platforms of Business to Customer and Business to Business trade; guidelines for website usability; Internet marketing and advertising; search engine optimization and search engine marketing for profitability; web statistics and analytics; security issues on the Internet.

Technological challenges of conducting business on the World Wide Web; innovative business models in electronic commerce; digital platforms of Business to Customer and Business to Business trade; guidelines for website usability; Internet marketing and advertising; search engine optimization and search engine marketing for profitability; web statistics and analytics; security issues on the Internet.

Introduce collective leadership, creativity and systemic solutions to address complex and interrelated problems cutting across disciplines, departments and organizations. Based on organizational learning and system theory perspectives, interactive and experiential course develops skills to lead multi-stakeholder social innovations for pioneering a more sustainable economy and society.

This course takes İstanbul as an ?urban laboratory? to teach sustainability, social innovation, stakeholder collaboration for collective impact creation, collaborative project management, social value creation, social impact measurement, and inherent interconnections between business and other societal institutions to students both in the class and in the field. The course will create an experiential learning laboratory fostering collaboration between KU students, faculty and non-profit organizations in İstanbul for the aim of creating social value. This course gives students the tools to enhance their social innovation through education in the class and interactions in real life; and as well support students to understand, identify needs, match these needs with available resources to develop & implement social impact projects.